Such a beautiful charter! Such an impressive Inter-American Democratic Charter! The words are noble: “any alteration of the democratic order in a state of the hemisphere constitutes an obstacle to the participation of that state in the Summits of the Americas process;” “solidarity among American States require the effective exercise of representative democracy;” “The protection of human rights is a basic prerequisite for the existence of a democratic society; “The organization’s mission is not limited to the defense of democracy wherever its fundamental principles have collapsed but also calls for ongoing and creative work to consolidate democracy;” “The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it;” “The effective exercise of representative democracy is the basis for the rule of law….”